By Kim Wyatt STATELINE – Indigo Girls Amy Ray and Emily Saliers played a tight 22-song set at Harrah’s Lake Tahoe showroom March 24 to a full, devoted house. Lyrically rich songs of self-discovery and political anthems spanning 30 years of songwriting punctuated the intermission-free 90-minute show, and by the end an inspired crowd was […]
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By Joe Mathews Californians used to envy residents of our beautiful, wine-and-wealth-drenched Central Coast. Now we have reason to pity them. And not just because Nicole Kidman is producing a TV series about women murderers in Monterey. The past year has brought calamity. Last summer’s Soberanes Fire burned a vast swath around Big Sur for […]
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By Sumathi Reddy, Wall Street Journal Schools across the country are revamping recess. Some have it two or three times a day in shorter increments. Others bring in recess coaches to facilitate games. Many now have activity zones—all to encourage more physical fitness. The shift is a turnaround after many schools in the U.S. cut […]
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By Alina Selyukh, NPR The U.S. Senate has a lot going on: confirmation hearings for a Supreme Court nominee, negotiations on repealing the Affordable Care Act, votes on gun sales regulations and bear-hunting rules for Alaska. But a big telecom matter found its way into the schedule: privacy rules for Internet service providers. In a […]
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By USSA CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Maine – Laurenne Ross (Bend, Ore. – U.S. Ski Team) and Ryan Cochran-Siegle (Starksboro, Vt. – U.S. Ski Team) claimed the top of the podium in Saturday’s super G at the U.S. Alpine Championships at Sugarloaf. After some fresh snowfall Friday night, the course crew at Sugarloaf had their work cut out […]
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By Chris Megerian, Los Angeles Times Wielding the same authority created decades ago to fight smog, California regulators on Friday moved forward with tough new pollution-reduction requirements for automakers selling cars in the state. The rules set escalating targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from 2022 through 2025, and officials are planning tougher steps after […]
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· Shannon Laney has been promoted to lieutenant within the South Lake Tahoe Police Department. He earns his stripe in April. He replaces Brian Williams who retired last week. · Angela Swanson is no longer on the South Lake Tahoe Planning Commission because of an interpretation of a state regulation saying that appointment and being […]
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A gas line exploded at a house in Kirkwood this morning. No one was home at the time and there were no injuries. It occurred March 25 near Fremont and Merrill streets. No one from Kirkwood Fire Department was available for comment so the extent of damage is not known nor if snowload was the […]
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The El Dorado County Grand Jury is looking for people to serve on the panel for 2017-18, with the start date being July 1. Applicants must be U.S. citizens, 18 or older, be an El Dorado County resident for at least one year and cannot be an elected official. A required training session will be […]
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By Henry Brean, Las Vegas Review-Journal State wildlife officials have confirmed the presence of a wolf in Nevada for the first time since 1922. The Nevada Department of Wildlife announced Friday that a wolf from the Shasta Pack in Northern California crossed into the Silver State in early November, but there is no evidence that […]
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